Mobberley No. 2
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INFORMATION
FontID: 10767MOB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Wilfrid
Church Patron Saints: St. Wilfrid [aka Wilfred, Wilfrith]
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Directions to Site: Located on the B5085, just NE of Knutsford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the SW door
Century and Period: 14th century [base only] -- 16th century[basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
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Richards (1973) reports two fonts in this church: "The one now in use in the church, by the south west door, rests on the base of an old Tudor font inverted, the pedestal being the base of a fourteenth century holy water basin." [cf. Index entry for Mobberley No. 1 for the other font in this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Richards, Raymond, Old Cheshire churches: a survey of their history, fabric and furniture with records of the older monuments, with a supplementary survey relating to the lesser old chapels of Cheshire, Didsbury, Manchester: E.J. Morten, 1973